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Great people, vibrant atmosphere, awesome colleagues... but very bad management team. - Anonymous employee The Broad Institute Employee Review

4.0
Jun 9, 2014
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Pros

Work is quite intense and very fulfilling. I was constantly exposed to brilliant people with great ideas. Overall, I'm very happy that I was part of the Broad. Fantastic experience overall, with very decent compensation for a non-profit environment.

Cons

A big caveat here: there is very little room for career progression as opportunities are almost non-existent. In response to this issue, my manager used to raise his shoulders. Another disappointing aspect: there is an intense feeling of absence of communication among groups dealing with similar projects, which was very frustrating at times. A lot of hand waiving, an abysmal lack of decisions, some projects going south and people staring at each other with no word coming out of their mouths... too bad, I'm going to miss my colleagues and friends there...

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Thank you for your honest feedback about your experience working at the Broad!
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Thank you for your thoughtful review! We love that you feel the autonomy to pave your own way here, and recognize that also can present its own challenge with duplicating efforts.
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